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Gothamist reports:
The MTA has unveiled the first of the brand new subway cars that will begin replacing some of the system’s creakiest trains at the end of next year. At a rail yard in Sunset Park on Thursday, transit officials pulled back the curtain on a handful of long-awaited R211 cars.
The new model — part of a $1.4 billion purchase from Kawasaki Rail Car Inc. — comes equipped with communications-based signal technology and wider entryways intended to reduce dwell time at stations.
Twenty of the roughly 500 new cars will also feature the open-gangway design, meaning the cars won’t be separated by interior doors but linked by flexible connectors. The prototype, which has been shown to increase capacity in cities like Berlin and São Paulo, has been in the works at the MTA for nearly a decade.
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The MTA has unveiled the first of the brand new subway cars that will begin replacing some of the system’s creakiest trains at the end of next year. The new model comes equipped with wider entryways intended to reduce dwell time at stations.https://t.co/6BqOnLbZhd
— WNYC ? (@WNYC) July 1, 2021
It’s already a year late and there’s only half a train delivered, but @NYCTSubway finally has its first Kawasaki R211 train cars on property.
It’ll be at least another year until they enter service (hopefully) and start replacing the old R46s. pic.twitter.com/15av9S5F79— Jason Rabinowitz (@AirlineFlyer) July 1, 2021
The subway cars of the future are under this cover ?
We just took delivery of our newest, most advanced cars: the R211.
Stay tuned for a closer look ? pic.twitter.com/o6rbuBYT1H
— NYCT Subway. Wear a Mask. (@NYCTSubway) June 30, 2021
And here’s a look at the new interior (plastic wrap still intact) ? pic.twitter.com/nA8xdlTqYl
— NYCT Subway. Wear a Mask. (@NYCTSubway) July 1, 2021
The first new R211 subway cars have arrived for testing! Here’s why we’re excited:
✅ Wider doors for faster boarding
✅ Better digital signs inside and out
✅ Brighter lighting
✅ A sleek new exterior design
✅ Ready for our modernized signal system pic.twitter.com/hcIA9DfBQk— NYCT Subway. Wear a Mask. (@NYCTSubway) July 1, 2021